Nicodemus (first name)

Nicodemus is a male given name , but also occurs as a family name .

Origin and meaning

Greek : Νικόδημος - Nicodemos : '' Winner in the people's assembly '' or '' Winner from the people ''.

name day

August 3rd is celebrated as the name day in the Catholic Church .

variants

Nakdimon Hebrew
Nicodème French
Nicodemo Italian , Portuguese , Spanish
Nicodemus English
Polish Nicodem

Nicodemos in Greek , Swedish

Nicodemus German , Dutch

Nikodim Russian

Finnish Teemu

The feminine form of the first name is Nikodema.

Well-known namesake

The most famous bearer of the name is the Pharisee Nicodemus , who visited Jesus Christ . Many of the people listed below are named after him:

Nicodemus the Lacedaemonians , winner of the stadium run at the 169th Olympic Games

Nicodemus, Bishop of Sidyma in Lycia , participant in the Council of Nicaea (787)

Nicodemus of Mammola (also: Nicodemo da Cirò) (approx. 900–990), hermit in Calabria , saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Church (March 12)

Nicodemus of Palermo († 1083), Orthodox Archbishop of Palermo (1065-1083), saint of the Orthodox Church (May 24)

Nicodemos the Prosphora Baker, from Kiev Pechersk Lavra , saint of the Orthodox Church (October 31)

Nicodemus of Vatopedi, Abbot of Vatopedi (early 14th century), Saint of the Orthodox Church (July 11th)

Nikodim I (1316–1325), Archbishop of Peć (Serbia), saint of the Orthodox Church (May 24)

Nicodemus of Tismana (also: Nicodemus from Wallachia) (1320–1406), Romanian monastery founder , saint of the Orthodox Church (January 8)

Nicodemus, Metropolitan of Athens (1371)

Nicodemus della Scala († 1443), Prince-Bishop of Freising (1421–1443)

Nicodemus, Archbishop of Ohrid (1451-1453)

Nicodemus Metaxas , Greek publisher in the 16th century and supporter of the Reformation

Nikodim, Vladika of Montenegro (1540)

Nicodemus of Meteora († 1551), saint of the Orthodox Church (August 16)

Nicodemus Luitpold, Abbot of St. Georgen in the Black Forest (1566–1585)

Nicodemus Frischlin (1547–1590), German philologist, poet, mathematician and astronomer

Nicodemo (Niccolo di Michelangelo) Ferrucci (1574–1650), Italian painter

Nicodemus Lappius (1582–1663), Saxon-Coburg court preacher and Hebraist

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615–1681), Swedish architect (e.g. Drottningholm Palace )

Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728), Swedish architect (e.g. Stockholm Palace )

Nicodemos of Naxos (also: Nicodemos Hagioreites , Nicodemus of Athos, Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain) (1748–1809), monk on Mount Athos; Author of Egcheiridion symbouleutichon (1801), in which he defended the hesychasts, saints of the Greek Orthodox Church (July 14th)

Nicodemus Joseph von Podbielski (1780–1844), Polish nobleman, Prussian general

Nicodème Audet (1822–1905), Canadian politician

Nicodemus I of Jerusalem (1827–1910), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1883–1890)

Nicodem Klotz , Austrian mountaineer (first ascent of the Weißkugel in 1850)

Nikodim Pavlovich Kondakov (1844–1925), Russian historian

Nicodemus Kavikunua (? -1896), leader of the Herero in German South West Africa

Nikodim (actually: Aleksandr M. Kononov) (1872–1921), Bishop of Belgrade

Nicodemus Milasch (also: Nikodim Milas, Nikolaus Milasch) (1845–1915), Orthodox Bishop of Zadar (1890–1912), canon lawyer

Nicodim Munteanu (1864–1948), Romanian Orthodox Patriarch (1939–1948)

Nikodem Caro (1871–1935), Polish chemist

Nicodemos Mylonas, Bishop of Kition (Cyprus), involved in the October revolt in 1931

Nikodim (Nagayev) († 1976), Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Richmond and Great Britain

Nicodemos (Valindras), Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Patras (since 1965)

Nicodemus David Hufford III. (1915–1986) American painter

Nikodim († 1986), Metropolitan of the Russian Old Believers Church

Nikodim Rusnak (1921–2011), Ukrainian Orthodox Metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohoduchiw

Nikodim of Leningrad (actually: Boris Georgiewitsch Rotow) (1929–1978), Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Novgorod and Leningrad (1963–1978)

Nicodemo Domenico Scarfo (“Little Nicky”) (* 1929), boss of a Cosa Nostra clan

Nicodemo Spatari (Nik Spatari) (* 1929), Italian artist

Nicodemos (Anagnostou) (* 1931), Metropolitan of Ierissos , Mount Athos and Ardamerion (since 1981)

Nicodemus Kirima (1936–2007), Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri

Nicodéme Julian Codjo Assogba, union leader in Benin

Daniel Nicodem Nsanzugwanko Kasulu Mashariki, Deputy Minister for Information, Culture and Sports of Tanzania

Nicodim, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Srverin and Strehaia (since 2001)

Nicodemos, Metropolitan of Kassandreia (since 2001)

Nicodemos (Priangelos), Greek Orthodox Bishop of St. Eparchats of Nitria (Gr.-Orth. Patriarchate of Alexandria) (since 2006)

Nicodemo Petteruti (* 1940, Mayor of Caserta , Italy)

Nikodem Bończa-Tomaszewski (* 1947), Polish historian

Nicodemo Oliverio (* 1956), Italian politician

Nicodemus Daoud Sharaf , Syrian Orthodox Bishop of Mosul

With last name

Augusto Nicodemo, 18th century painter
Bernhard Nikodemus (1901–1975), German civil servant and interbrigadist
Enrico Nicodemo (1906–1973), Catholic Archbishop of Bari (1952–1973)
Fred E. Nicodemus (1911–1997), American physicist (see: Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function )
Katja Nicodemus (* 1968), German film critic and journalist
Otto Nicodemus (1886–1966), German football player and philatelist
Tony Nicodemo (? -2005), American basketball player
Elfriede Nikodemus (* 1947), President of the Saarbrücken City and Regional Association (since 2007)
Rita Nikodim (* 1975), Austrian singer and actress

pseudonym

Nicodemus Noricus - pseudonym of Wenzeslaus Linck (1483–1547), German Protestant theologian
Nicodemus - pseudonym of Christian Hermann Weisse (1801–1866), German Protestant theologian and philosopher
Nicodemus - pseudonym of Cecil Wellington (1957-1996), Jamaican dancehall artist